Bikies, Actually, Soglin is an avid cyclist and I have seen him on rides to Paoli as recently as a year or two ago. Soglin was the first to start building bike paths in Madison, the law park path being an example, and other bike infrastructure. That said, there are things he has done and said regarding bikes that I have disagreed with but the same is true of Mayor Dave. Also on Soglin's blog is criticism of pedestrian islands on Glenway that don't allow enough space for a bike and car to pass the islands simultaneously, a criticism I share. (Note: Mike Rewey & I were able to persuade Transportation Engineering not to put an island at the intersection of the SW path and Glenway because the island would not have been wide enough for a bicycle and would have prevented using the painted area in the middle of the road as a bike left turn lane). I think a better way to approach Soglin on winter biking is to reach out and try to educate him on the issue.
-- Mark N. Shahan ------ __o 607 Piper Drive ------- _`\<,_ Madison, WI 53711-1338 ---- (*)/ (*) (608) 274-9367 [email protected] On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Chuck Strawser <[email protected]>wrote: > A friend posted to FB on March 30, 2011 (apologies to my friend, who I do > not think subscribes to this list, for copying a post open only to her > friends to a public list serv). I have blind cc'd her. If she allows me to > link her FB post to this list, I will. > > > > "Soglin still believes that 'people who bike in the winter should have > their head examined.' He told me this morning, when he was campaigning > outside of the Co-op. This was just before the GM came out to speak to him, > I think she asked him to leave." > > So while Soglin’s previous comment about shooting cyclists may have been > “tongue-in-cheek” (“kidding on the square”? > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kidding%20on%20the%20Square > )... > > I think our new (old) mayor’s attitude towards cycling as transportation > needs changing, so I don't think we are actually beating a dead horse, > literally or figuratively. > > chuck > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robert F. Nagel > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:29 PM > *To:* VIOLA, INDIA R > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Remember This? > > > > i think he addressed that comment on his blog by noting that it was tongue > in cheek or whatever in parentheses, as if it wasn't apparent that he didn't > intend to be taken literally; seems like you might be beating a dead horse, > although i do not believe that you are actually beating a dead horse; > sometimes we use colorful language, and it's ok, although of course language > does not really have color > --- > Robert F. Nagel > [email protected] > www.nagel-law.com > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > Madison, WI 53703 > 608-255-1501 office > 608-255-1504 fax > 608-438-9501 cell > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Has Soglin been asked to recant or clarify his intentions with that stupid > comment? I think his comment reflects a moment of poor judgment on his > part, but am wondering what his actual stance is on bike advocacy, improving > bike infrastructure in Madison, retaining funding for biking etc. > > -india > > > On 04/06/11, Robin wrote: > > Well, this being a bike advocacy list (ring your brass bells people!) > > having a reactionary doofus like Soggy-Dog-Doglin as mayor is a little > > frightening. > > > > Am I off base here? > > > > Maybe we should go back to discussing car horns during protests around > > the square? > > > > PS- As mayor Soglin once chased a motorcyclists down on the beltline > > at speeds up to 100 mph. Is Mayor/Officer Soglin going to run me over > > in his SUV next winter when he passes me on East Mifflin? > > > > R. > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > your point being? > > > --- > > > Robert F. Nagel > > > [email protected] > > > www.nagel-law.com > > > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > > > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > > > Madison, WI 53703 > > > 608-255-1501 office > > > 608-255-1504 fax > > > 608-438-9501 cell > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Robin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Our new/old mayor, circa 2007: > > >> <http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/12/bicycling-madis.html> > > >> > > >> (Tongue in cheek mode ON) "The bicyclists who braved the week's second > > >> storm should be taken out and shot." > > >> > > >> Awesome! > > >> -- > > >> Pointlessly blogging at www.robindavies.us > > >> Try something new every day. > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Bikies mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Pointlessly blogging at www.robindavies.us > > Try something new every day. > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- > > India Viola > Stretton Lab > 115 Zoology Research > 1117 W. Johnson St. > Madison, WI 53706 > 608.262.3336 > > "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" > -Anonymous > > Corporations are not citizens. Money is not speech. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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